High-temperature superconductivity in sulfur hydride evidenced by alternating-current magnetic susceptibility.

ABSTRACT: The search for high-temperature superconductivity is one of the research frontiers in physics. In the sulfur hydride system, an extremely high T _c (∼200 K) has been recently developed at pressure. However, the Meissner effect measurement above megabar pressures is still a great challenge. Here, we report the superconductivity identification of sulfur hydride at pressure, employing an in situ alternating-current magnetic susceptibility technique. We determine the superconducting phase diagram, finding that superconductivity suddenly appears at 117 GPa and T _c reaches 183 K at 149 GPa before decreasing monotonically with increasing pressure. By means of theoretical calculations, we elucidate the variation of T _c in the low-pressure

SUBMITTER: Huang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8291430 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature